The Pavese Festival was launched in 2001 as an annual festival celebrating the writer in his hometown. During the Pavese Festival key representatives of the Italian music, theatre and culture relate to Cesare Pavese in a unique and intimate dialogue among people, literature, arts and the eternal hills so loved by the writer. The initiative is acknowledged as one of the three main events of the province of Cuneo. 

The 20th edition of the Pavese Festival will take place in Santo Stefano Belbo on the following dates:

• Thursday 27, Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August 2020
  
• Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September 2020